Unique identifier across all years of CHS
Variance stratum - Collapsed
Survey number
CHS 2020 Survey weight
CHS 2020 Long Survey Weight
Variance stratum - Collapsed half sample
Questionnaire Version. QXVERS = 1 (LONG VERSION) QXVERS = 2 (SHORT VERSION)
Q5.1 During the past 30 days, how often did you feel... So sad that nothing could cheer you up?
Q5.2 During the past 30 days, how often did you feel... Nervous?
Q5.3 (During the past 30 days), how often did you feel...Restless or fidgety?
Q5.4 (During the past 30 days), how often did you feel...Hopeless?
Q5.5 (During the past 30 days), how often did you feel...That everything was an effort?
Q5.6 (During the past 30 days), how often did you feel...Worthless?
In the past 12 months, have you taken a prescription medication for a mental health problem?
In the past 12 months, have you received any counseling for a mental health problem?
Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed treatment for a mental health problem, but did not get it?
Q11.6 - Thinking about nutrition...how many total servings of fruit and/or vegetables did you eat yesterday? A serving would equal one medium apple, a handful of broccoli, or a cup of carrots.
Race/ethnicity variable of person interviewed (5-Cateogories) - FOR ANALYSIS
Race/ethnicity variable of person interviewed (6-Cateogories) - FOR ANALYSIS
Age group in years (four categories)
Age group in years. Five categories of age
Age group in years. Six categories of age
Age groups 21 years or older
Age group 25 years or older
Age groups 40 years or older
Age groups 45 years or older
Age groups 50 years or older
Age groups 18 - 64 only
Sex assigned at birth. Comparable to SEX variable in prior years
Neighborhood poverty, based on percent zip code residents below 100% FPL, per ACS 2015-2019. Imputed for missing values
Household annual income from all sources by poverty level. Imputed for missing values
Household annual income from all sources by 3 LEVEL poverty status. Imputed for missing values
Household annual income from all sources, <200% FPL. Imputed for missing values
Self-reported general health status
Insured/uninsured - created from the gateway question (wording differed b/f 07)
Insured/uninsured (created from type of insurance). Asked differently 2002-03 vs 2004-15. No gateway 2002-03
Type of health insurance coverage (5 categories)
Have a personal care providers? (wording, response options differ between years)
When you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional, where do you usually go?
Needed medical care in the past 12 months, but did not get it (wording differs across years)
In the past 12 months, has a health care provider given you a prescription or refills for medicine you take on a regular basis?
In the past 12 months, have you put off filling a prescription, skipped taking a prescription, or reduced the amount of the prescription you took because of cost?
Ever told by a doctor, nurse or other hlth prof you have hypertension, also called high blood pressure?
Ever told to take meds for high blood pressure (among ever told high BP)
Are you currently taking meds for high BP? (among those told high BP and told to take meds)
During the past 30 days, have you checked your blood pressure at home or at a pharmacy? (Version 1 only)
Ever been told you have diabetes?
Age at diabetes diagnosis (question wording differs across years)
Are you currently doing any of the following to control your diabetes: taking insulin, taking pills to lower your blood sugar, or taking injectable drugs other than insulin to lower your blood sugar? (among those told diabetes)
How often do you feel you cannot keep your blood sugar from going too high? Would you say… (among those told diabetes)
Ever told by doctor, nurse or other health professional that you had asthma?
In the last 12 months have you had an episode of asthma or asthma attack?
Do you [still] have asthma? Among all
Age at asthma diagnosis
Kessler-6 index score (continuous) based on past 30 days
Non specific psycological distress (past 30 days)
Among ALL, received counseling or received counseling or prescription medication for mental health problem IN LAST 12 MONTHS
During the past 12 months, was there any month when you delayed paying or were not able to pay your rent/mortage?
Do you have working air conditioning in any room of your home? (Version 1 only)
At any time in the last 90 days have you seen any mice/rats or signs of mice/rats on street where you live?
People in your neighborhood are willing to help their neighbors. (Version 1 only)
I get together with people in my neighborhood to discuss common political and social issues happening in my community.
I contribute to community projects or events such as organizing block parties, helping at a community center, garden, or school fundraisers.
If I saw someone walking their dog in my neighborhood and they didn’t clean up after their dog, I’d say something to them about it.
I can trust at least one of my neighbors with a key to my home in case of an emergency, such as being locked out.
I’m proud to live in my neighborhood
Smoking status
Smoke every day vs some days (y/n)
# cigs smoked/day (every & someday smokers), continuous(imputed for missing & adjusted for days smoked)
# cigs smoked/day (every & someday smokers), categorical (imputed for missing cigs & adjusted for days smoked)
Heavysmoker(10+ cig/day) (imputed for missing cigs & adjusted for days smoked)
# cigs smoked/day among every day smokers ONLY (imputed for missing). Use for TREND analyses '02-'19
Type of smoker
Thinking about the type of cigarettes you usually smoke, are they menthol or non-menthol?
Was last cigarette you smoked from a carton, pack, single, bummed, or did you roll your own?
Cost of 20 cigarettes (pack)
Where did you buy the last cigarette you smoked?
In the past 30 days, have you smoked a cigarillo or little cigar? Include cigarillos or little cigars with a plastic or filter tip, such as Black & Mild, Swisher Sweet or Cheyenne? (Version 1 only)
In the past 12 months, have you tried an electronic cigarette, also known as an e-cigarette or a vape product? (Version 1 only)
In the past 30 days, did you use an e-cigarette or vape product every day, some days or not at all? (among those who used an e-cig or vape product in past 12 mnths) (Version 1 only)
In the past 12 months have you used an e-cigarette or vape product because you liked the variety of flavors available? (among those who used an e-cig or vape product in past 12 mnths) (Version 1 only)
In the past 12 months, have you smoked a hookah, also called a water pipe? (Version 1 only)
How often do you smell cigarette smoke inside your home or apartment that comes from another home or apartment or from outside? (Version 1 only)
Race/ethnicity variable of person interviewed (6-Cateogories, incl. Multi-race) - FOR ANALYSIS
Nativity - US (includes Puerto Rico and US Territories) or Born Outside of the US
Marital Status
Now I'll read a list of terms people sometimes use to describe themselves: Gay, Straight, that is not gay, Bisexual, or Something else?
Educational status (all adults 18+)
Employment status
Employment status (3 categories)
Body Mass Index (kg / sq in)
Weight in 3 categories for all (with and without BMI)
Weight all with f/u info & in 4 categories, under weight as a separate category
Weight all with f/u info & in 5 categories, under weight and very obese as a separate categories
Received flu shot/spray in past 12 months
Where did you get your most recent flu shot or vaccine? (AMONG THOSE WHO HAD FLU SHOT IN LAST 12 MONTHS)
Total servings of fruit and/or vegetables you ate yesterday
Average number of sodas per day (4 level categorical, standardized to per day)
Drink 2 or more sodas per day
Number of sweetened drinks consumed per day (Continuous, standarized to per day)
Average number of sweetened drinks per day (4 level categorical, standardized to per day)
Number of sodas plus sweetened drinks consumed per day (continuous, standarized to per day)
Average number of sodas plus sweetened drinks per day (4 level categorical, standarized to per day)
Consumes 1 or more sugar sweetened beverage (soda plus other sweetened beverages) on average per day
During past 30 days, other your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises?
In the past 12 months, how often have you ridden a bicycle in one of the five NYC boroughs?
In the past 12 months, how often have you ridden a bicycle in one of the five NYC boroughs.
How would you describe your swimming ability? Among those aged 18-25 years
Do you have any difficulty performing your daily activities because of any physical, mental, or emotional problems?
Do you use any assistive devices, such as a cane, a wheelchair, an adapted bed, or a hearing assistive telephone because of a health condition?
Have you ever had a colonoscopy? (among adults >= 50 years)
Had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years (among adults >=50 years)
Have you ever had a colonoscopy? (among adults >=45 years)
Had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years (among adults >=45 years)
Had an HIV test in the past 12 months (among all adults)
Ever had an HIV test (among all adults)
Condom use at last sex
Anal sex in past 12 months (among WSM and MSWM)
Anal or rectal STD test in past 12 months (among WSM and MSWM)
Used condom during anal sex in last 12 months (among those who had anal sex).
Sexual behavior with all sexually active persons in denom incl those w incompleteinfo on having sex w either M or F.
Women who report having sex with women (among sexually active women only)
Women who report having sex with women ONLY (among sexually active women)
Sexually active during the past 12 months
Total number of sex partners of either gender in last 12 months
Ever heard of PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
Ever used PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) to prevent HIV infection
Men who report having sex with men (among sexually active men only)
Men who report having sex with men ONLY (among sexually active men)
Any birth control at last sex (includes condom use) (Among women <= 45yrsand men <=65 yrs with =>1 opposite sex partners in the past 12m). Version 1 only
Condom use at last sex (use for trend analysis, 18-64yr only, excludes msmexclusive, wswexclusive)
Those who had at least one alcoholic drink in the past 30 days
Number of days consumed at least 1 alcohol drink in the last 30 days (standardized to month)
Average number of alcohol drinks per day in last 30 days (standardized to days)
Heavy alcohol drinking (all adults)
During the past 30 days had (MEN: >=5 alcohol drinks, WOMEN: >=4 alcohol drinks) on one occasion?
Ever experienced physical violence by a current or former intimate partner.
Has a current or former intimate partner ever insulted you, or called you names repeatedly, or controlled your behavior
Weight to use to compare different years of CHS
Type of health insurance (recoded)
Household size, adult plus children under 18 years (Top coded)
Presence of children in household